Cotton-gin or linting-machine.



w. A. s. HODO. COTTON GIN' 0R LINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26, l9l6.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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ill/*ESLEY J. HOBO, OF GLEBUIELNE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HAL]? TO H. E. SESSION-SIDE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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Specification 0t Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

Original application filed April 18, 1916, Serial No. 91362. Divided and this application filed October 26,

' 1916. Serial No. 127,889.

Be it kiiown that l, l/VnsLnY A. l. llooo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleburne, 1n the county. of Johnson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Cotton-Gills or Linting-hilachines, of which the following is a specification. v a

My invention relates to cotton ons or hinting machines and the oh ect ot the same is to provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth in a positive and practical and highly eflicient manner. and to provide efficient means for taking care oi? the cotton after it leaves the saw'teeth. One diiiiculty in cotton gins of the character herein set forth has been to take care of the cotton in an eliicient manner after it leaves the saw teeth. I have provided p "actical means for,con(lensing the cotton for the press without running the cotton through the suiil'ion fan. This will prevent heating or hammering: the linteotton b the fan hlades and will leave the drat't clean after it passes through the condenser for other purposes. \Vith such arrangement the" draft after it has picked the cotton from the saw teeth and has gone through the condenser and through the suction tau can be utilized for delivering the seed from the gin stands to the seed house.-

Another 0 ct of the invention is lg; provide a practical condenser for use in eotnm.

oil mills for takingcare of the lint and fine fiber that comes from the gin stands. Heretotore the cotton, or linters from each gin stand had to he gathered hv uen and then delivered to a condenser or press. This operation has been so stifling! and, dusty that it as diiiicult to secure help for doing such work and the men had to bra-switched or laid off frequently because they could not .VVith the arrangements herein described one mmdenser will answer for a number -zrt'grins or linter stands because all of the floatingfine fiber will find its Way to the condenser and the help here totore needed for gathering; the linters can be dispensed with. This invention is set forth in my application filed April 18, 1916,

,101' cotton ginning, cleaning and bleaching mechanism, which resulted in patent issued November 7th, 1916, lo. 1,203,739.

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3 is a broken section of the same illustrating the driving gear.

Fig. -l is a detailed view of the driving gear.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views. I

'llhe drawings show parts of the gin stand provided with a shait 1 and a gang of saws 2 with the usual ribs 3. The cotton is stripped from the saw teeth by a draft produced by'a suction fan 5 and a lint fine 13, which is provided with a nozzle 4: terminatingclose to the saw teeth. The tli ehas a horizontal portion? connected wit. the nozzle 4 and aninclined portion 6 connected with the line, forming' an offset at 8 with the nozzle 4. This construction makes an enlarged portion of the fine 9 forthe pur poses of cleaning and-purifying the cotton; as set forth in said patent. The enlarged portion 9 is provided with a door 10 for removal of trash and with a battle 11 which cooperates with the enlarged portion for cleaning purposes. Asection 12 of a branch line is shown connectedwitlr the flue 13. lhe details of the tines will not he set forth herein as these elements are fully set-forth in said patent.

The condenser is of ordinary construction including a. frame I l-and a revolving screen drum 15 mounted on a shaft-22 journaled therein. A wind shield 21 is used Within the Screen drum for controlling the draft and for preventing thedratt interfering with the condensing oi thecotton. "The we screen drum revolves in the direction indicated by the arrow and as soon' as thatpart of the screen passes behind the'windls'hield 2-1 thecot-ton is left free. to lie flat on the screen drum and pass on around and out ill) lib-

:draft passes out through that part of the screen drum which is not protected by the wind shield 21 and then out through the flue 20 through. the suction fan 5. The suction fan may be driven by the pulley 45. A section 44 of a nozzle is shown in communication with the fan 5 which'is used to discharge a portion of the draft. to prevent back pressure through the flue 20. The other part of the draft is discharged through a fine 28 to drive the seed from the seed hopper 29 to the seed house or to some place Where the seed may be stored or hauled away. The screen drum may oe driven by cog-wheels 25 which are to be maderigid with the shaft 22 and by pinions 26 which mesh with cog-wheels and are driven by shaft 27 which is jonrnaled in an otfset in the frame 14.

The claims herein are divided from the application above noted.

only means for stripping the lint from said .t'rom said saws consisting of a suction nozzle conunenciugg' in close proximity to said gang ot'saws and leading therefrom, a

lint flue into which said nozzle discharges the lint. a condenser connected directly to the said lint line. and 'a fan for creating a suction currentthrough said condenser, lint line and nozzle. said condenser being located. as to the suction current. between said lint flu and the tan. said suction nozzle and suction current constituting the only means "for strippin; lint from said gang of saws, said fan discharging said current from the ginning operation when the. current passes through the tanf 3. In a'cotton gin provided with a gang of saws, means for stripping the lint cotton from the saw'teeth and for condensing the cotton consisting of a nozzle commencing in close proximity to thesaw teeth, a flue con nected to said. nozzle, a suction fan. a revolving screen drum between the nozzle and said fan, and a line connected to the discharge of said fan for driving the seed from the gin stand. d

In'testimony whereof, I set my hand this 21st day of October, 1916.

WESLEY A. J. HODO. 

